A New Season is Underway

When Hurricane Sandy decided to rain on our first scheduled camping trip of the season, we decided to try to get into the campground soon and with my luck of trying everyday for an available spot, I got us in for the following weekend on one of our favorite sites, number 34! The weather was perfect, the boys were great and the relaxation was amazing. We spent much of Saturday taking a nature walk, hanging out at the park and relaxing  by the fire. The boys as usual had a blast being outdoors, I think they were born to play outdoors!

Halloween 2012

Halloween festivities started the first week of October in this house! We were sure to cram as many fun and spooky activities into the month. We started the month of Halloween off with matching Halloween pajamas. Yup, I'm that mom that likes the boys to match every once in a while. We made sure to wear these pj's as often as we could before the month and holiday passed!

We made a few crafts! First we started by making a paper plate tissue ghost that we hung in the playroom! Brayden was very proud of his ghost and loved showing it off. We also painted with apples. This actually was a great craft for Brayden. It kept him busy for an hour or so and he loved the fact that he was using an apple rather than his fingers or a paintbrush, only problem was he wanted to paint with all different kinds of food after!

We ate ghost sandwiches all month. Anything that was made me with bread had to be in shape of a ghost and have candy eyes!

Brayden's costume this year was Jake from Jake and the Neverland Pirates, but Spider-Man also made some appearances in our house. One day he stayed all day!

No pumpkin carving this year. We decided to make a pirate pumpkin out of Mr. Potato Head pieces. This was a hit and not messy! We'll be adding another one to our collection next year.

SeaWorld Spooktacular 2012! This is our third year attending and it keeps getting more fun. Minus the big crowds and the fact that Ian couldn't join us, we had a blast. We went with my friend Pam and who two little kids. We got lots of candy, went on some rides, and got a picture with Shamu! Bransen also enjoyed his first set of rides.

We attended a fall festival. Brayden loves bounce houses so he was thrilled to be able to bounce for a few hours. This was actually the first cool day we have had this year and it was great to spend it outside!

And all that leads us up to the grand finale, Trick or Treat! We decided to go trick-or-treating in my parents neighbor with my parents since Ian had to work late. We were getting a little nervous at first because we didn't see many kids out. As we started going to houses (and there were many houses that didn't hand out candy) we saw more kids and because of the lack of kids out we got handful of candy at each house. We took the boys in the wagon so Brayden would have easy access in and out. He was a pro! He would go right up to the houses, say trick or treat, take his candy, say thank you, come back to the wagon, dump the candy in the compartment under his seat because he would fill his bucket fast, sit back down, and then ask to go more! This is how it went for almost two hours. Both boys were exhausted after a fun night of trick-or-treating!

Ten Months Old

One day after turning ten months, Bransen took his first steps! I anticipated that he would be walking earlier than Brayden (13 months) but I didn't think his first steps would be at ten months. Since then he has taken at the most eight steps at a time. Although at this point I think he prefers to crawl since he can get somewhere a lot faster. We're definitely going to have a full blown walker at his first birthday, which I still can't believe is a little over a month away! The pictures below were taken just a few minutes before he took his first steps. These pictures were also taken when we went to St. Augustine to visit with our friends for the day! You won't see Brayden in any of these pictures, although he was there with us, he wouldn't stop for a picture!

Wings Over Waves

Last year Brayden was amazed by the site of airplanes, this year when we took him to the Wings Over Waves airshow he could have cared less. With the huge crowd, hot weather and his lack of interest it was a quick trip but for about the hour we did stay it was an amazing show.

My Handsome Date

It's not very often that I get a chance to have some one on one time with Brayden. I actually think it's been quite a while. While Brayden is in school I get a lot of time with Bransen but there's rarely a moment when it's just the two of us. I started to realize that it had been a while and that I really wanted to do something with just him. We ended up having a pizza picnic and movie date in the park! The movie was The Spiderwick Chronicles which I think was a little over his head but he amazingly sat and watched the whole movie! The weather was perfect and I couldn't have asked for better company.

"Get Up and Go"

It's been a great season for the Florida Gators and we have been cheering them on all season! Hoping to make it to the National Championship and regain our title.

Let's dress up Bransen

One day while the boys were playing in their playroom, I walked in to notice Brayden had dressed Bransen up as pirate! So I introdude to you Pirate Bransen, brought to you by Brayden!